Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 07:30:34AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote:
> > > According to
> > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and
> > > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F
> > > web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two
> > > partitions. I have to redo the HDD's partition setup to dual boot.
> > >
> > > Am I correct? If so, then I thought Debian installer could resize
> > > existing the drive like with Windows in IBM PCs. :(
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance. :)
> >
> > I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the
> > current HFS partition first.
>
> In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. In its
> bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to erase my
> volumes (delete everything)? Is that how it is supposed to happen?
No idea. I just saw that you were supposed to be able to resize HFS
partitions in the disk utility. Apparently resize is a feature that
requires 10.5 or higher, so your extremely ancient version won't help you.
--
Len Sorensen
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